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Webster 1913 Edition

Osculatory

Os′cu-la-to-ry

,
Adj.
1.
Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing.
“The osculatory ceremony.”
Thackeray.
2.
(Geom.)
Pertaining to, or having the properties of, an osculatrix; capable of osculation;
as, a circle may be
osculatory
with a curve, at a given point
.
Osculatory circle
.
(Geom.)
See
Osculating circle of a curve
, under
Circle
.
–
Osculatory plane
(to a curve of double curvature),
a plane which passes through three successive points of the curve.
–
Osculatory sphere
(to a line of double curvature), a sphere passing through four consecutive points of the curve.

Os′cu-la-to-ry

,
Noun.
[LL.
osculatorium
. See
Osculate
.]
(R. C. Ch.)
Same as
Pax
, 2.

Webster 1828 Edition

Osculatory

OS'CULATORY

,
Adj.
An osculatory circle, in geometry, is a circle having the same curvature with any curve at any given point.

OS'CULATORY

,
Noun.
In church history, a tablet or board, with the picture of Christ or the virgin, &c. which is kissed by the priest and then delivered to the people for the same purpose.

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